LETTER:Electric Hi-Road solves many problems

Let me tell you, the reader a fictional pretend story with no reality whatsoever. I wrote to the CEO of Corning Glass Company, Corning, N.Y. and asked him if he would research a piece of unbreakable glass to be used as a gravity-hung louver to relieve the wind-pressure of a passing train-like vehicle in a hollow horizontal tube and this vehicle would be travelling mostly at 300 miles an hour.

"What in the world are you talking about?" asked he.

Reader, please remember that this is a fictional-pretend story and I can allow my imagination to run amok, so I said to him, "Let me be more clear, I want to build a dedicated roadway about 70 feet in the free-air above the New York State Thruway and within that dedicated roadway I want an electrically-powered vehicle that will carry everyday automobiles to the speed of 300 mph."

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"Why would anyone want to do that?" said he.

"Well, 300 miles an hour is about five times road speed on fast regular highways and people would get places five times faster" answered I, "...and besides, cars would use almost NO gasoline." "How would you propel them, then?" "Electricity!" came the answer from me, "...and I would like to call it, The Electric Hi-Road."

"That's not how you spell HIGH" said he.

"Who's writing this pretend story!" answered I. "And" said I, "I would like Corning Class to also make the opaque class ceiling of this unique construction." "Glad to," uttered he..."You mean in addition to the swinging glass louvers that will bleed the air pressure of passing vehicles?

"Yes!" was my abrupt answer.

Said he, "Will you come to the factory and show the engineers exactly what you want?" "Yes, I would be glad to." answered I. I shook his hand goodbye as I left and headed for Griffiss Commercial Airport in Rome, N.Y. I approached the airport manager, "Can the runways sustain the largest, heaviest commercial aircraft in the world?" asked I. "Yes!" was his unequivocal answer..." They were built for very heavy, bomb-loaded military aircraft...and...they have been continuously maintained by the U.S. government."

"Can you get me the fax number of the makers of the A-380?" "Yes...it will take me a few minutes," was his answer. I casually spoke to the four airport employees sitting idly watching us.

"Rome, N.Y. was once a busy, bustling place" said I to them. "Them days are long gone," answered one of them..."The town just died when the Air Force left." Said I, "What would you guys say to a complete renaissance to this geographic area, I mean, commercially."

"That would be great, got any ideas?" said one. "If I told you my plans for New York State, you would be shocked" answered I. "I'll write down the fax number of the A-380 company in France," said the airport manager as he handed me the slip-of-paper with a number written on it. "Do you have an extra-large aircraft maintenance facility around here?" asked I. "Directly across the street," they all said in unison.

I proceeded to walk across the street and into a lobby with a man at the desk. "Do you work here?" asked I. "Does your company maintain extra-large aircraft?" said I. "Yes!" was the quick answer. "The Boeing 787 and the Airbus A-380, the two largest planes in the world."..."GOOD!" said I as I walked quickly away and to my car.

"This town should be perfect for an extremely-large commercial airport," was in my thoughts. I then drove around the very large airfield. "There's more than enough space here to build the elevator assembly plant for (EHR), the Electric High Road Company," thought I, "Should I get the United States Government involved?" was my next thought. "No way! That would only complicate things" was my thinking.

This whole idea of getting places much faster for each family car should get Wall Street excited. And the idea of almost eliminating gasoline as a fuel won't hurt either.